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  1. Slowly but Surely

    Recovering_RN replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Wow!! Congratulations! So will you be switching from a 5 day a week desk job back to 3-12's in the ER? If so, let us know how it goes. I'm in an ER/Urgent Care right now, and I see mostly urgent...

  2. Nervous!! Counting down the days....

    Recovering_RN replied to Nurse8204's topic in Nurses Recovery

    In Texas we have TPAPN and it does not show up on your license. I self referred, but then later there was a third party referral (I assume my employer but they didn't tell me) so they sent me a letter...

  3. Negative drug screen and jobplace still wants me to meet with IPN

    Recovering_RN replied to Cpblondie81's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Do NOT go down the IPN road! I guarantee you, they will NEVER do an "evaluation" on you and then say "never mind, you don't need treatment". It just won't happen. So if you allow an IPN evaluation to...

  4. Nervous!! Counting down the days....

    Recovering_RN replied to Nurse8204's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Well I haven't had any of the runaround BS that you have, but I am 6 months away from being finished with my 3 year contract, and as the end gets closer, I am getting more and more paranoid that...

  5. Where did the TPAPN forms and participant guide go?

    Recovering_RN replied to Recovering_RN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I don't know where the forms can be found online anymore. The link above no longer works either. I did find them in my Affinity account, under "Helpdesk" "Guides and

  6. Just a small venting session

    Recovering_RN replied to rn1965's topic in Nurses Recovery

    So this here is your problem (mine too, and most people I'd bet). You call, and waited a week for a call back. What if you call, and you don't get a call back, so you call again the next day? "I...

  7. Er Mer Ger... Getting on this site is hard!

    Recovering_RN replied to RN.What's topic in Nurses Recovery

    So I'm totally confused. What did your boss report you for? And how does him being over the top religious relate? Just because you aren't, you think that made him want to get you in trouble with the...

  8. Pain in my butt!

    Recovering_RN replied to rnet's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I know that TPAPN states that people who are on long term narcotic pain meds may not be a candidate for their program. From the TPAPN participant Handbook, section 8.d. PARTICIPANTS WITH CONDITIONS...

  9. Finding employment with IPN contract

    Recovering_RN replied to Tricia595's topic in Nurses Recovery

    License long??? As long as you hold a license, you'll be under monitoring? How is that even possible? I just can't fathom that. I'd be working at Walmart if I had no end in sight to my monitoring!...

  10. Lotrimin Spray and EtG Testing

    Recovering_RN replied to LaurenRun's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Ugh I hate that this program makes us so paranoid! I read somewhere, unfortunately I don't recall where, that there are lots of other forms of alcohol in products like cosmetics and skin care, and...

  11. 7 months to go...and now this

    Recovering_RN posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    This is long, sorry! When I entered TPAPN 2 1/2 years ago, I was a member of a medical/surgical team, (as a "side gig", NOT my full time job) employed by Health & Human Services (yes, the federal...

  12. 7 months to go...and now this

    Recovering_RN replied to Recovering_RN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Wow, I have never even heard of this! Well I went ahead and requested a self report to see what they had on me, and it shows that there have been no reports submitted on me, so that's good. I'm...

  13. 7 months to go...and now this

    Recovering_RN replied to Recovering_RN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    You know, you're right about how long it takes to get anything approved. As I said earlier, it took 3 years to get my first application approved; they had changed online systems 1/2 way through so I...

  14. 1 month to go...

    Recovering_RN replied to Izzy RN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Congratulations on being nearly finished! If stepping out of nursing for the 3 years of my program had been an option I definitely would have done that! I was required to work at least 12 consecutive...

  15. 290 days

    Recovering_RN replied to Big Blondie's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Awesome!! Do you have plans for that day? I know several people have found there are delays in getting the actual written statement that say they're done, but when you do get it, and you know for...

  16. Austin Area Support Group

    Recovering_RN replied to Tigerlily8's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I'm not in Austin but I am also in my last year of TPAPN. 218 days! I've found these boards to be a lifesaver! I also went to a local nurse support group at the beginning and that really helped get...

  17. Im in HPRP in Michigan. Can the BON still take away my license

    Recovering_RN replied to Jslimp22's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I think employers are required to report to the BON. But the BON and the monitoring program (I'm in Texas so mine is TPAPN) maintain communication. Your BON would require you to sign up for HPRP or...

  18. Recovery Trek

    Recovering_RN replied to RN_4's topic in Nurses Recovery

    It should only be a couple days before you get the go ahead to start checking in. Of course, the monitoring employees, and the RecoveryTrek staff, don't work weekends and Monday is also a holiday, so...

  19. Overwhelmed & Recovery?

    Recovering_RN replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I cannot imagine going back to school now, along with monitoring. I am not surprised you feel overwhelmed, but I'm sure you'll adjust, just as you prob felt overwhelmed at the beginning of monitoring,...

  20. Where did the TPAPN forms and participant guide go?

    Recovering_RN replied to Recovering_RN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Thank you! Did you have that bookmarked already, or were you able to find a link to it from a current webpage somewhere? It seems to me that they've moved pages around, so I thought maybe there were...

  21. Hello all...

    Recovering_RN replied to No-soy-sauce-until-2019's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Welcome! Chime in and add your experience, it helps all of us to know others are going through the same things. And post just to rant or to muse if you want. I know it helps me to get some of my...

  22. So much for "step down year" in TPAPN!

    Recovering_RN replied to Ash2213's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I fully expected to get tested around the holidays, trying to catch me out for slipping up (which I haven't done) but no, I haven't been tested since December, and only once in December! I'm also in...

  23. Surviving Peer Assistance Services

    Recovering_RN replied to Limabean74's topic in Nurses Recovery

    90 meetings in 12 days would keep you pretty busy! I am sure you meant 90/90, 90 12-step meetings in 90 days.

  24. Hopes for the New Year???

    Recovering_RN replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Well my goals for 2018 are 1. Finish TPAPN in August (yay!) and then 2. work as little as possible. I will work PRN for several different facilities owned by my current employer. I like PRN, more...

  25. this should be interesting..

    Recovering_RN replied to OhioRN1234's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Explaining yourself??? WTH??? You don't even know what you're supposed to be explaining! They haven't told you what you tested positive for. Ridiculous!! If you don't hear from the doctor at the...